2+ hour, 21+ min ago  (231+ words) Most Indiana children who need summer programs still can't access them, new report finds Shelby News Nearly a quarter-million Indiana children whose parents want them enrolled in summer programs are going without, according to a new national survey. Researchers said…...

3+ hour, 46+ min ago  (247+ words) Shelby News Fourth graders play volleyball using a couple of giant balls during Thursday's Field Day at Loper Elementary School. Each elementary school hosts a Field Day at the end of each school year. The day serves as a chance…...

20+ hour, 31+ min ago  (249+ words) Shelby News Researchers from Harvard and Stanford ranked Indiana's reading recovery as one of the top in the nation " early evidence the state's "science of reading" reforms are improving literacy rates for Hoosier children. The Education Scorecard, released last week,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (98+ words) Shelby News Parenting styles shape babies" willingness to help others, a new study reveals. (Durham University via SWNS) This cool spring day doesn"t quite lend itself to thinking about summer reading, but since summer has always arrived in the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (183+ words) The Indiana Coalition for Public Education anticipates as many as 100 public school districts could ask voters for new money through local property tax referendums this fall. The referendum campaigns mark a major shift in how public schools are funded and…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (153+ words) Local Briefs'Shelby News Southwestern alums continue encouraging Teacher Appreciation Fund donations The Teacher Appreciation Fund that Southwestern Alumnus Rex Van Gorden and friends helped start last month has already reached close to $50, 000, he said Monday in an email. Javascript is…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (203+ words) Shelby News A common misconception Kelly Ehinger hears from prospective donors to the Dolly Parton Imagination Library of Indiana is that the country music star herself fully funds the mail-order children's library. The Adams County Library System director's job became…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (143+ words) Advantage Shelby County celebrates 49 graduates'Shelby News Logan Feltner receives his certification from Advantage Shelby County Director Amber Knopp. Feltner completed the mechanical engineering program. Every Advantage Shelby County cohort has similarities to their contemporaries, Director Amber Knopp said Friday evening…...

4+ week, 7+ hour ago  (169+ words) Preschool can be a daunting expense for many families. An Indiana school district turned to voters to subsidize it. When Pete Hinnefeld and his wife started looking for a preschool for their daughter, they hoped to send her to the…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (165+ words) (The Center Square) - The U. S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case challenging compliance with nondiscrimination policies for preschools that received public funds." The case, St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, challenges a nondiscrimination agreement that Colorado requires schools sign to participate…...